Centre admitting its failure by dropping ministers: Congress

"The Petroleum Minister in the last 38 months has not served the 'aam aadmi'. It is obvious that he has served some 'khaas aadmi', that he has been promoted," said Manish Tewari.IANS | September 03, 2017, 18:44 IST

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government has by dropping ministers from the Union Cabinet admitted its "gigantic failure", Congress leader Manish Tewari said on Sunday.

"The real story is in the dropping and that is where the admission of the gigantic failure of this government comes," Tewari said at a press conference.

He said relieving Skill Development Minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister Kalraj Mishra of their portfolios meant "no skilling, no employment generation and in addition the MSME sector has been wiped out".

Tewari also alleged that those promoted to the cabinet rank were being rewarded for working for "khaas aadmi" (VIPs).

"The Petroleum Minister in the last 38 months has not served the 'aam aadmi'. It is obvious that he has served some 'khaas aadmi', that he has been promoted," said Tewari.

"And coming to the Power Minister, the Power Minister is also the treasurer of the BJP, so obviously he must have performed well."

“To save the environment and to fight climate change, my government has planned a major campaign. By 2022, we want to generate 175 GW of renewable energy. In the last three years, we have already achieved 60 GW or around one-third of this target,” he said.